In collaboration with Oracle, the Java 7 Summit will be co-located with EclipseCon Europe 2011.
The Java 7 Summit offers Java developers and architects an opportunity to gain
in-depth technical education on the new innovations introduced into the recent Java 7 release.

Submissions for ECE close on August 17, and the program will be announced in early September.
Registration opens this month, with early registration prices in effect until September 30.

Members have a unique opportunity to be an integral part of the conference with a special member rate.
Sponsorships are selling fast (especially at the Premium level), so don't delay!
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Indigo Release Train

Indigo, the annual release train of Eclipse projects, is available now for download. We made our Indigo 500 goal, and we
enourage you to help us exceed our goal and sign up as a Friend of Eclipse!
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Proposed Changes to Eclipse Bylaws

At the March and June membership meetings, upcoming changes to the Bylaws were presented and discussed.
On June 14, the Board approved the following changes to the Eclipse Foundation Bylaws. Voting in now in process and
will end on August 11, 2011. See this page for more information.

Replace the annual Roadmap with an annual community report

Eliminate the Membership Committee. Make the IP Advisory Committee a Standing Committee

Delete the Requirements Council

Put the Architecture Council in charge of future revisions of the Eclipse Development Process

Delete the requirement for there to be a ratio of Strategic Consumers to Strategic Developers

Remove the requirement that the AGM be in Q1

Allow for flexibility in covering expenses

Sustaining Member board reps need to be a Sustaining Member

One committer one vote; the total number of candidates from the same organization may not exceed one-half of the total number of
seats available for that year's annual at-large election

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